The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-04-24
70 BUILD NEW OFFICES.
CENTRAL RAILROAD TO ERECT
ANOTHER BUILDING.

Granite and Brick Structure Adjoin-
ing the Present General Ofices on
West Broad Street Tie Purposes
for Which 1t VIII Be Usod-Changes
in the Departments - The Car Ac-
countant's Office to be Brought to
Savannah.
The Central Railroad Company will in a
hort time advertise for proposals for the
ERECTION of fine large Office building on
West Broad street The plans which are
Almost completed, are being prepared by
Fay & Eichberg, architects.
Under the present arrangement the Presi-
dent and his assistant are uptown, removed
from the general and local offices, which
themselves are all mixed up and cramped
for room. When the new building is COM
pleted all of the Offices will he brought
closer together and viii be arranged on
more convenient system.
The new structure will be three stories
high with front Of seventy-One feet on the
west side of West Broad street. and a depth
of los feet. 1t will be south of the building
now occupied by General Manager Belllnap
and which has long been used by the gen
eral superintendent. Its front viii be oppo-
site the west end of Perry street. There will
be a space several feet wide between it and
the general managers building, and IA CON
siderable distance to the south is the depot
building
OF GRANITE AND BRICK.
The first story Of the new building will-be
granite ashlar, and the second and third of
pressed brick All of the ornamentation
win be of granite and galvanized iron. The
roof will be Of slate, the windows will he
large, with transons of cathedral glass.
The front and the general style of the
building will be in the early German Gothic.
On the first floor will be the freight cotton,
rate and billing offices under Mr. +. A.
Jones Besides these there will be consid-
erable spare room on this floor. The closets
and basins, etc, will be under the sidewalk.
The second floor, to which there will be an
imposing entrance, will be : feet above the
street level On this floor will be located
Mai. George A Whitehead's department
with the rate and claim Offices and a per-
sonal Office. Across the hallway from Maj.
Whitehead's department will be the pay
masters Office, and Mr. Englerths and Mr..
B. J. Cubbedge's offices. Each of these last
two offices will be % by 81 feet
CAR ACCOUNTANTS OFFICES,
One half of the third floor will be occu-
pied by the car accountants office, which
will be removed here from Macon. The re-
naming space on that floor has not been as
signed A roomy attic will be built for
storage
Work will be started as soon as possible,
and Mr.. Belknap stated yesterday that it
will be pushed as rapidly as possible. 1t
will be completed, if possible, by Sept l.
Maj. Shellman's department, the traffic,
will be transferred from the depot building
to the one in which President Alexander's
and General Manager Belknaps offices will
be. The division superintendents Office
and the Offices connected with the train ser
vice will be moved TO the depot building.
By this arrangement the general offices will
be in the northern building, the local de
partments in the new building and the
division offices in the depot building, which
will be convenient for the public and the
management of the company's business.